Subd. 4.Applicant.

Subd. 4a.Applicant pool.

"Applicant pool" means those applicants who satisfy any limits on consideration for the position under section 43A.10, subdivision 6a, and who have been determined to meet the minimum qualifications for a vacant position.

Subd. 5.Appointing authority.

Subd. 6.Appointment.

"Appointment" means the act of filling a vacancy by placement of a person in a civil service position through selection from a finalist pool or a noncompetitive or qualifying process including transfer, demotion or reinstatement.

Subd. 9.Change in allocation.

Subd. 10.Civil service.

"Civil service" means all employees in the legislative, judicial and executive branches of state government and all positions in the classified and unclassified services as provided in sections 43A.07 and 43A.08.

Subd. 11.Class.

"Class" means one or more positions sufficiently similar with respect to duties and responsibilities that the same descriptive title may be used with clarity to designate each position allocated to the class and the same schedule of pay can be applied with equity to all positions in the class under the same or substantially the same employment conditions.

Subd. 13.Commissioner.

Subd. 14.Commissioner's plan.

"Commissioner's plan" means the plan required by section 3.855 regarding total compensation and terms and conditions of employment, including grievance administration, for employees of the executive branch who are not otherwise provided for in this chapter or other law.

Subd. 14a.Comparability of the value of the work.

"Comparability of the value of the work" means the value of the work measured by the composite of the skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions normally required in the performance of the work.

Subd. 19.

Subd. 20.

Subd. 21.Employee.

Subd. 22.Executive branch.

"Executive branch" means heads of all agencies of state government, elective or appointive, established by statute or Constitution and all employees of those agency heads who have within their particular field of responsibility statewide jurisdiction and who are not within the legislative or judicial branches of government. The executive branch also includes employees of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. The executive branch does not include agencies with jurisdiction in specifically defined geographical areas, such as regions, counties, cities, towns, municipalities, or school districts, the University of Minnesota, the Public Employees Retirement Association, the Minnesota State Retirement System, the Teachers Retirement Association, the Minnesota Historical Society, and all of their employees, and any other entity which is incorporated, even though it receives state funds.

Subd. 22b.Finalist pool.

Subd. 22c.Goal unit.

"Goal unit" means, for the purposes of affirmative action, the group of jobs in an agency or agency subdivision assigned to one of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) occupation categories applicable to state employment.

Subd. 24.Intern.

Subd. 25.Judicial branch.

"Judicial branch" means all judges of the appellate courts, all employees of the appellate courts, including commissions, boards, and committees established by the Supreme Court, the Board of Law Examiners, the law library, the Office of the State Public Defender, district public defenders and their employees, all judges of all courts of law, district court referees, judicial officers, court reporters, law clerks, district administration employees under section 484.68, court administrator or employee of the court in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), guardian ad litem program employees, and other agencies placed in the judicial branch by law. Judicial branch does not include district administration or public defenders or their employees in the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts, court administrators not under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), or their staff under chapter 485, or other employees within the court system whose salaries are paid by the county, other than employees who remain on the county payroll under section 480.181, subdivision 2.

Subd. 26.Layoff list.

"Layoff list" means a list of former permanent or probationary employees of a job class who are eligible to be recalled to that class under the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or plan established under section 43A.18.

Subd. 27a.Male-dominated class.

Subd. 28.Managerial.

"Managerial" means those positions designated pursuant to section 43A.18, subdivision 3 as being accountable for determining, securing, and allocating human, financial, and other resources needed to accomplish objectives. Positions in this category also are accountable for determining overall objectives, priorities, and policies within a program area. Higher level positions in this category handle significant and involved relationships with governmental leadership. Incumbents of these positions have the authority to exercise discretionary powers on a regular basis.

Subd. 29.Officer.

Subd. 30.Permanent status.

"Permanent status" means the state or condition achieved by an employee in the classified service who has successfully completed an initial probationary period or a probationary period required following reinstatement or reemployment, or whose probationary period is waived through specific statutory direction.

Subd. 31.Position.

Subd. 32.Probationary period.

"Probationary period," part of the selection process, means a working period following unlimited appointment to a position in the classified service, during which the employee is required to demonstrate ability to perform the duties and fulfill the responsibilities of the position.

Subd. 33.Protected groups.

For affirmative action purposes, "protected groups" means females, persons with disabilities, and members of the following minorities: Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaskan native.

Subd. 34.Qualifying appointment.

"Qualifying appointment" means the selection, from other than a finalist pool, of an applicant who has demonstrated through a selection process that the applicant meets minimum job-related requirements.

Subd. 36.Reclassification.

Subd. 37.

Subd. 38.Total compensation.

"Total compensation" means salaries, cash payments and employee benefits including paid time off, group insurance benefits, and other direct and indirect items of compensation with the exception of retirement plans.